Obamacare Reigniting AR-15 Sales?
Not that commentators on the left side of the political spectrum need any reason to link "gun nuts" with their Tea Partying opposition. But TTAG has heard from two separate sources that sales...
Feds May Charge Ex-Blackwater Chief for NC Weapons Cache
The AP reports that Uncle Sam is considering booking former Blackwater execs on weapons charges relating to 22 weapons stashed at the company's North Carolina headquarters. Blackwater suits under the gun: former president Gary...
Army’s Quick Fix for Afghanistan Range Deficit: 5000 M14 Enchanced Battle Rifles
TTAG has reported the U.S. Army's ongoing sloth re: equipping troops in Afghanistan with rifles capable of effective range. And now, finally, they're doing something about it. allvoices.com reports that the Army is sending...
From Tickle Me Elmo to Lund Variable Velocity Weapons System. Huh?
popsci.com reports that Lund Technologies has made the jump from the Tickle Me Elmo doll to the Lund Variable Velocity Weapons System (LVVWS). In other words, a rifle that varies the velocity of the...
TWHN BS: Great Landing Wrong M4 Edition
I am not the most technical of gun nuts. Load, aim, fire, make safe. Buy the best gun you can afford and use the recommended ammo. But I admire the technologically adept amongst us...
Question of the Day: “What’s the Point of a Merkel RX.Helix When You Can...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADQSAYHkBm4
One obvious answer: politics. There are plenty of countries where civilians are not allowed to own semi-automatic rifles. Too bad, then, that the most excellent website thefirearmblog.com is about "Firearms not politics." BTW: Merkel...
Poacher of “Largest Eight-Pointer Ever Measured” Pleads Out
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) licensed Troy Alan Reinke to shoot one deer with a bow and arrow. Instead, Reinke shot three deer with a rifle, including what could well be...
George Clooney Gun Control Advocate, Make-Believe Assassin
From screenrant.com:
A film coming out this fall that’s flown way under the radar is The American, starring George Clooney. Directed by Anton Corbijn in his first wide release feature, the story centers...
U.S. Department of Education: 100 Glocks, 52 Shotguns
The Washington Post received the clarification that TTAG sought re: the number and type of Department of Education's arsenal of firearms. And here it is: "The Office of the Inspector General has 100 special...
South African National Defence Force Sticks to Its Guns
Businessday.com reports that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has awarded an R30.5 million ($4,130,983) contract to state-owned Denel Land Systems to maintain the force's existing stock of R4 and R5 service rifles....
Blind Biathlon
"Your ears only hear a tone. So the tone is stronger to your left or your right. You don't know that until you wave the rifle around to find it." I, for one,...
University of Florida Students Protest Campus Police Shooting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3QtHPcf7u4
Gainesville.com reports that University of Florida (UF) students held a protest over the March 2 shooting of Kofi Adu-Brempong by university police. Campus cops shot the delusional doctoral student in the face with...